We’ve known since 2008 that the Highlander franchise was being rebooted, and we learned last year that the newest tale of the MacLeod clan was being rushed into production. But the big question was – who the hell’s gonna be chopping them heads off? Worry your little hearts no more, lads and lasses, because Ryan Reynolds is immortally yours.

Reynolds will play Conner MacLeod, a Highlander who discovers he is one of a dwindling group of immortals who wander the earth and kill each other in combat for the final “Prize” – immortality.

The remake is set to be helmed by Juan Carlos Fresnadillo, who is also in negotiations to rewrite the script. Neal Moritz and Peter Davis will produce the film. (Via The Tracking Board)

The star of the poorly-received Green Lantern, Reynolds will reportedly not be returning for that sequel, but he’s still riding the potential comic book film franchises pretty hard withR.I.P.D due out next year and Deadpool still in development. So consider a run with the Highlander franchise as some strong job security.

Reynolds is a polarizing actor, in that women love to look at his dreamy, rippled washboard abs, while fans of Blade, X-Men, and Green Lantern love to criticize the guy for being simply wrong as a comic book hero type. But he’s just so damn charming – and it helps that he sleeps next to Blake Lively – that we keep giving him second chances.

Maybe Highlander will be the franchise that he truly redefines. Or maybe it will be Deadpool. Or The Flash, Silver Surfer, Adam Warlock, Punisher, Longshot, Northstar, Paladin, Daredevil, or any number of other comic book characters that will eventually get a movie or reboot. Either way, handsome people get jobs.

I don’t remember the original that well, but the concept is immortals killing each other to gain immortality? If they are immortal, how do they kill each other? And if you can kill one another, why fight for immortality if you can just hang out and eat fatty foods and drink bourbon and be immortal anyway? I know I’m over-thinking this, but WTF?

The immortals can only be killed via decapitation and when one kills another they gain the victim’s power so at the end the lone immortal has a power level of OVER 9000! Who doesn’t want to have a power level of OVER 9000?

The Immortals are drawn together to fight to see who will remain and consolidate the power. When you kill another you gain their powers with kick ass lightning effects set to Queen which makes you feel like a big tough man.

While I don’t feel that Ryan Reynolds is the right actor to play Conner MacLeod, I’m not against rebooting Highlander. Having watched the movie again recently I came away with the realization that it simply wasn’t very good, and I’m speaking of the first movie not any of the horrifically awful sequels. I’m all for remaking/rebooting movies that weren’t that great to begin with and could be improved with better technology and acting (the acting in the original Highlander was awful). I’m completely against remaking/rebooting movies that were great/classics, which is why I am for this and vehemently against Total Recall.

Apologies for the serious post and lack of dick jokes, I’ll flog myself when I get home.

Nah the Highlanders would be women. And to ‘kill’ each other, they’d go down on each other until one of them cums, the one who doesn’t cum wins. There used to be male Highlanders, but the smoking hot female Highlanders made them all bust first.
Macleod would be eliminating all of them because he’s actually a man, who poses as a woman to eliminate all other highlanders. Then at the end he would have an orgy with the ghosts of all the eliminated female Highlanders

I love Ryan Reynolds, that being said, who came up with idea of him playing the Highlander? No, very bad idea! There are so many great and talented actors that can do it. He is just not the one. Love him in everything he has done but not this. Chris Hemsworth or Gerard Butler, Colin Farrel or Alexander Skarsgard, but not Ryan Reynolds

Every role he does, the same comments show. This was said about, Safehouse and Green Lantern Ryan always gives a great performance. Obviously, you have watched movies are you would not be able to discuss them in such a negative frame. His fans will continue to support him and if you don’t like what he does “JUST DON’T GO”